TO WORLD LEADERS: NATIONS MUST SIGN A CLIMATE PEACE CLAUSE BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE

Humanity has less than a decade to make substantial progress towards eliminating greenhouse gas emissions. Doing so requires substantial legislation that mandates and finances a green transition – but international trade rules pose a serious threat to making such necessary steps a reality.

Legal challenges through the World Trade Organizations and other trade and investment agreements have prevented countries from building green energy systems and weakened critical environmental protections.

This must end now.

We call upon countries worldwide to make a binding commitment to not use trade and investment rules to attack each other’s climate policies – a Climate Peace Clause.